Great weekend!

I'm so horrible at updating my blog. This is from last weekend. Sorry for the delay.

Amy and I in front of the chapel at Duke University

Last Friday my friend Amy flew in from Wakarusa.:) The trooper left super early in the morning and then spent all day with me in Raleigh and Durham. We first visited the Musuem of Natural Sciences in Raleigh. We semi got lost going there but thanks to Amy's handy cell phone GPS, the lady helped us find our way.:) It was a pretty interesting museum. We were really bummed that the Chocolate exhibit didn't start until the next day but we still found interesting things to do. (Besides trying to avoid the little children on their field trip) I took a day off to get away from kids!

After having a nice lunch in the museum cafe, we then traveled up to Durham and went shopping at the Streets of Southpoint mall. Didn't buy a thing at the mall but I did go all out at Old Navy. It was super fun buying things for my Europe trip in a few months. I did buy a few things for Steven as well.

After my shopping trip, we drove up to Duke University. For those of you that don't know, Amy is a fan. A basketball fan for the most part. (Sorry again about missing Coach K's autograph signing!) I had never really been to the campus so we drove around for a while. It is a beautiful campus! Very green and it has a woodsy feel to it. Unfortunately for us, graduation was going on that weekend so it was a little busier than usual. Oprah wasn't supposed to get there until Sunday though so it wasn't too crowded. I had purchased tickets to see "Little Shop of Horrors" that night at 8:00 so we had a few hours to walk around campus. We visited the Sarah P. Duke Gardens which are very beautiful. My sister and I actually visited that same place 4 years ago. She came to NC with me for a job fair and we visited the gardens. It was neat to be back at the same place and think about all that has changed in the past 4 years!

After we walked around the campus, looking for a place to eat, we ended up at McDonald's. :) We then saw the show which was pretty good for a student run program. Then we had the hour and a half drive home to Lillington. We were both pretty tired and fell asleep right away.

On Saturday I did a little Mother's day shopping and we basically just chilled out and watched movies.

Amy left on Sunday morning. She boarded the plane (almost forgetting her phone) and flew back to the cold state of Indiana.:)

I really enjoyed having her down here with me. We had a lot of fun together. It says a lot when you've been friends with someone for 20 years. My word, 20 years. I don't even feel like I'm 20! But we became buddies in 1st grade after she offered me a chocolate Teddy Graham and we haven't looked back since. Thanks for all the great memories Amy! Love you!

We're All in this Together...

Okay, so I probably shouldn't be posting this and might regret it later but this weekend I had a High School Musical extravaganza with Emily! We watched all three this weekend! I had seen the first two already but not the third one so it was good to refresh myself with the first two before I watched the third one.

So this weekend wasn't really about getting our Zac Efron fill. It was more about spending quality time together. Our husbands are both deployed and we spent the night at each others houses on Friday and Saturday. It was nice to have someone else in the house and someone that is just around to do fun things with. We actually cooked and used my grill! Since Steven is gone I use the oven once a month if that often. But it was nice to cook for someone else. We had a good time analyzing the movies (okay, we really just laughed at them while wanting to learn all the songs and choreography at the same time.)

As hard as it is to be away from home, I really enjoy my friends here in Fayetteville. There's always someone to hang out with and someone that will be there for you. It's so nice to have that support, especially during deployments. And half the town knows what you're going through because they've been through it before too!

On another note, I bought my plane ticket for Athens today! I'm meeting Steven there on the 1st of July. We're both super excited but I'm a little scared too. I'll probably get there before he does and I've never been in a foreign country before, let alone by myself. I know it will all work out though and it will be a great moment when I can finally meet up with him. Only 2 months left!